After a Mozilla Firefox update, it has been seen that a lot of users of this web browser are going through the problem of Firefox displaying the wrong bookmark favicons. The issue seems to be a particular Windows problem. Therefore, to solve this issue, we recommend you the following solutions through our article. We have also discussed the reasons because of which you might be facing this issue.

Why does Firefox Display the Wrong Bookmark Favicons?

The following could be the reasons because which you might be facing the problem of Firefox displaying the wrong bookmark favicons:

1. The favicons were hijacked by an add-on.

2. The cache and cookie memory of the browser has been corrupted.

3. You are using an outdated version of Firefox.

4. The Firefox favicons file has been corrupted.

How to Fix Firefox Displaying the Wrong Bookmark Favicons?

Keeping in mind the reasons provided above, your Firefox displaying the wrong bookmark favicons issue can be solved with the following fixes. The solutions have been discussed below in detail:

Solution 1: Clear Web Cache to Fix Firefox Displaying the Wrong Bookmark Favicons:

You can clear the Web Cache using the following steps:

1. Keep open only one new tab.

2. Now, in the top-right corner of the screen, click the action button. Then, select Options from the new menu that appears.

3. Next, select Privacy & Security inside the settings menu.

4. Move down to the Cookies and Site Data menu and tap on the Clear Data option.

5. Now, uncheck the box associated with Cookies and Site Data and check the one next to Cached Web Content inside the Clear Data Menu.

6. To start cleaning your web content data, tap Clear.

7. You can now restart your browser and see if the favicons issue has been resolved.

Solution 2: Force Firefox to update the favicon to Fix Firefox Displaying the Wrong Bookmark Favicons:

You can force Firefox to update the wrong bookmark favicon with the help of the following steps:

1. Open the Firefox browser, and in the address bar, type “about:config” and hit Enter.

2. Click on “Accept the risk and continue!” if you are prompted about the warning.

3. In the search bar, you have to type “devtools.chrome.enabled”.

4. After the preference is found, double-click on devtools.chrome.enabled and change its value to true.

5. You can now exit the Advanced Settings of Firefox. Then, you need to click the action button in the top-right section of the screen. You will now be able to access the Web Developer menu, after which you can click on Browser Console.

6. Paste the following code in the Browser Console and hit Enter:

var fS = Components.classes[“@mozilla.org/browser/favicon-service;1”] .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIFaviconService); fS.expireAllFavicons();

The favicons issue should now be fixed, and you will be able to visit the bookmarks that were earlier failing to load.

Solution 3: Fix Favicon Manually to Fix Firefox Displaying the Wrong Bookmark Favicons:

If you have only a couple of broken favicons to fix, you can use the following method to fix this issue by using these steps:

1. Click the Bookmark icon in Firefox.

2. Click on Bookmarks and then click on Manage bookmarks in the menu that appears.

3. Select Bookmarks Toolbar in the Library Menu. Next, select Export Bookmarks to HTML under Import and Backup.

4. Now, select a location of your choice for the exported HTML file, then tap the Save button.

5. Next, right-click the HTML file you’ve exported and edit it with a utility like Notepad++.

6. Now, find the corresponding bookmark entry and change it to the following with the correct URL of the icon:

ICON_URI=”{URL} and ICON=”data:image/png;base64,{data}

7. Save the modifications on the Bookmarks page previously exported.

8. Finally, select the page that you previously modified from the Library Windows and click Open.

Solution 4: Update Firefox

This method might not completely solve your issue of Firefox displaying the wrong bookmark favicons. But it would allow the surety that this issue does not happen again. Follow the given steps to update your Firefox:

1. Click the action button on the top-right in your Firefox browser.

2. From the menu that appears, click on help and then tap on About Firefox.

3. In the next window, wait for the update download. Then click on Restart to update Firefox to initiate the update.

4. Finally, you can restart your computer after the update is complete. See if the issue has been resolved.

Solution 5: Delete favicons.SQLite File

This process will make Firefox create a new favicon .sqlite file by using the following steps:

1. Firefox and any associated add-ins should be completely closed in the first place.

2. Next, use File Explorer to reach the following location:

C:\Users\*YourUser*\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*YourProfile*

3. After the Firefox profile opens, search for favicons.SQLite.

4. After finding the file, right-click it and select Delete to remove it.

5. Now, open Firefox again to allow the browser to create a new favicon .sqlite from the very beginning.

6. You will now notice that all your bookmarks have a generic favicon.

Note: You can change this by clicking on each bookmark individually.

Frequently Asked Question

Q1. How do I edit other bookmarks in Firefox?

Answer: You can edit your bookmarks in Firefox using these steps:

1. Go to the folder where your bookmark is located.

2. Now, tap Edit at the top right corner.

3. Select the bookmark you want to edit.

4. Finally, click the Title or URL field to edit them.

Q2. Why am I unable to delete bookmarks in Firefox?

Answer: This issue can arise due to a problem with the places.SQLite and favicons.SQLite databases in the Firefox profile folder. To fix this issue, you can close and restart Firefox or reboot and retry.

Q3. Why can’t I remove a bookmark?

Answer: This problem could be due to a browser syncing failure to register your changes.

Q4. How to delete one bookmark at a time?

Answer: If you want to remove one bookmark at a time in Chrome, you can follow these steps:

1. Open Chrome and tap the three dots or More on the top-right corner.

2. Select your bookmarks and chose to delete them.

Q5. How to import bookmarks to Firefox?

Answer: To import bookmarks from a browser to Firefox, you can follow these steps:

1. Firstly, click Bookmarks and then click the BookmarksManageBookmarks bar.

2. Now, click on Import and Backup and choose Import Bookmarks from the HTML option.

3. Now, go to the bookmarks HTML file you are importing and select the file.

4. You now need to click the Open button.

Conclusion

We hope that with the help of this article, you have been able to solve the issue of Firefox displaying the wrong bookmark favicons. However, if you are still not able to solve the problem, then you can connect with us via the chat box at the bottom right or through the comment section below. We’ll try to help you solve the issues with Firefox.